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System Name | Black MC in Tokyo |
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Processor | Ryzen 5 5600 |
Motherboard | Asrock B450M-HDV |
Cooling | Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2 |
Memory | 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz |
Video Card(s) | XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319 |
Storage | Kingston A400 240GB | WD Black SN750 2TB |WD Blue 1TB x 2 | Toshiba P300 2TB | Seagate Expansion 8TB |
Display(s) | Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p |
Case | Fractal Design Define R4 |
Audio Device(s) | Line6 UX1 + some headphones, Nektar SE61 keyboard |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850x v3 |
Mouse | Logitech G602 |
Keyboard | Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown |
VR HMD | Acer Mixed Reality Headset |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | Rimworld 4K ready! |
Red Baron 1, from 1990 no less!
Playing campaign mode starting from the beginning of the war. The first few missions are fairly easy if you are playing on the German side because the synchronised gun on the Fokker Eindecker outmatches anything the Allies have.
So my pilot "Fritz von Bosch" racked up 9 planes downed and a couple of balloons thus gaining promotion to Oberleutenant. Yay!
The next missions were much harder as the Allies introduce new Neuport 17s which have synchronised guns the same as the Eindecker but are much faster, more manouverable and better climbing. Schweinhunds!
This game is still great fun if you can get over how basic the graphics are. The AI is better than in pretty much every game I've ever played, period. The novice AI pilots are pretty dopey but the veterans are much better, and the top aces are nigh on impossible to beat unless you have a better plane. On campaign mode the balance of mechanical advantage sways between the two sides as new planes are introduced as the war progresses.
I can't help but be struck that single player games havn't really improved since the 90s apart from the graphics.
If you can get over the very basic graphics I would thoroughly recommend this classic for the flight model, the AI, the enthralling campaign mode and the depth of historical accuracy.
You can get it free from a few places or if you want you can buy it from steam or gog. The download I got needs dosbox to run it.
Ah yes the only fighter game I ever cared to play. It is really nice, and the sounds ...